About the Authors

Sabrina Humbert

shumbert@uoguelph.ca

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Sihui Zhong

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Yan Deng

Affiliation Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Stephen H. Howell

Affiliation Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Steven J. Rothstein

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH. Performed the experiments: SH SZ YD. Wrote the paper: SH SHH SJR.